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With the rise and fall of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the business world is sizing up the changed landscape. This panel of experts discuss whether we'll see more business as usual, or a new era...
How are companies considering carbon now that the Copenhagen summit is behind us? Did the event herald a new era of corporate carbon accounting, or will it be business as usual? These tools offer...
Corporate sustainability is like teen sex. Everybody talks about it. Nobody does it very much. And when they do it, they don’t do it very well. Friend and colleague Joel Makower likes to...
Nike has brought its footprint for greenhouse gas emissions back to 2007 levels and reports progress in other climate and energy areas, but has revisited its carbon neutrality goals and no longer...
Companies that rescue and restore forests to earn money by capturing carbon in trees likely expanded their operations in 2009, despite the global recession and regulatory uncertainty, capping...
This report examines the progress of forest carbon markets in during 2009 and provides historical prospective on the establishment of the markets and their growth. ...
Separate reports out this week predict gangbusters growth for various sectors that have sprung up to help companies and governments reduce their carbon footprints. Just-released research predicts...
We wanted to know what kinds of commitments — formal or informal — people were making in their companies. ...
Despite an increasing sense of frustration and disappointment among delegates at COP15, the "big beasts" arrive today, and will hopefully address the final five obstacles to hammering...
A major issue facing the COP15 delegates is how to improve upon the CDM and REDD protocols for offset trading. A benchmark approach offers a way to increase not just the quality but also the...
Although some nations are urging world leaders to stick with an extended Kyoto Protocol, skeptics are aware that its reliance on carbon markets have failed to stimulate major reductions in...
The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen periodically gets its head decapitated, with the location of the missing heads being part of Danish folk lore. In a similar spirit the Clean Development...
Some argue that REDD -- reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation -- is strictly an issue for developing countries, yet the developed world also has a big stake in the role that...
Why is wind-power behemoth GE bothering to invest a relatively tiny amount of money in a small company that makes backyard wind turbines? ...
Broad but not deep, Australia's new mandatory cap-and-trade regime limits the emissions of industries responsible for 75% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Those limits, however, are weak compared...
An Arizona company began operating today what it is calling the nation's second carbon neutral taxicab service. ...
Former foes Staples Inc. and the nonprofit Dogwood Alliance are joining forces for a pilot project meant to give landowners in the southern U.S. the chance to earn money by conserving their...
This report finds that unchecked tropical deforestation is a major threat to vital national interests; forest protections offer the most cost‐effective way to achieve fast, large‐scale reductions...
The company also launched a new contract service to calculate the carbon footprint of individual customers' shipping activities. ...
An international climate change treaty, legislation in the U.S., and strong legislative frameworks set up in forest countries are viewed as critical to the success of Reduced Emissions from...
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In the just-published State of Green Business 2010 report, we take an extensive look at the data behind the move toward making mainstream businesses greener.
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In 2010, we're bringing our acclaimed State of Green Business Forum to San Francisco and Chicago, digging in to the research in the annual State of Green Business report to discover recent trends in green business and hear from industry experts about what the future will hold. Read all our coverage of the events here.
The People's Republic of China is going green faster and more thoroughly than almost...- With the rise and fall of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, the business world is sizing up...
How are companies considering carbon now that the Copenhagen summit is behind us? Did the...- This video of Saul Griffith's lightning-paced presentation at the State of Green...
- In this panel discussion from the State of Green Business Forum 2010, sustainability...
- These tools and resources from some of the world's largest IT companies serve as a...
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A Corporate Finance Approach to Climate-Stabilizing Targets
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